John Diva & The Rockets of Love - American Amadeus
Flyctory.com Pros
- 1980's Hard Rock in the 2020's
- Straight music made to party
- Rock'n'Roll
Flyctory.com Cons
- Don't expect too deep lyrics in here!
Hair Metal – the fusion of pop and metal is a genre for some quite strange – but successful – acts. Steel Panther sell out there shows by making their audience bang there head, dance and smile in parallel, John Diva & the Rockets of Love are aiming for the same kind of happiness – however, the reviews of their 2018 debut Mama Said Rock Is Dead felt to be better than the recent Panther ones – like Heavy Metal Rules, for example. The more I was looking forward if they could do a second great album with their 2021 album. American Amadeus was released on 15th January 2021.

John Diva & The Rockets of Love – About The Artists
There is just very limited bio about the band, who feel to be very good in hiding away their private life from media. The lead of the band is obviously vocalist John Diva, who is said to be from San Diego. Remmie Martin and Snake Rocket do the guitars, supported by J.J. Love on the bass. Lee Stingray is the person with the fast feet and hands on the drums. The band became known in 2013 and had a quite popular career. In fact, their debut album was the 2017 Live at Wacken – not too bad to make this within four years. They already had three appearances there.
In November 2018, they released Mama Said Rock Is Dead, which I named above. Their first single was Lolita, the second track of the album. The most popular song by Spotify streams so far was however Rocket of Love. The band already has a certain fan base overseas – the video of one of my Songs of my Life, Don’t Stop Believin’, has been recorded during some tour stops in Germany in 2017.
John Diva & The Rockets of Love – American Amadeus – Track by Track
The 15 song album lasts 57 minutes.

1. Voodoo, Sex And Vampires
Voodoo, Sex And Vampires – indeed, the title sounds like Rock’n’Roll. The song sounds like a 1980’s party, takes me to the time of big rock bands like Whitesnake, Def Leppard and many more. Speedy title, feels like a party.
2. American Amadeus
Not just due to the hilarious music video, the American Amadeus is really special. There is even a Mozart quote in the song – and do I feel right that the chorus has a touch of Falco’s famous Rock me Amadeus? The song is simply fun.
3. Soldier Of Love
Soldier of Love is a straight rocker with a catching chorus – just the type of song John Diva needs to produce: easy, catchy – and a potential blast when live on stage. I am sure the fans with enjoy it!
4. Bling Bling Marilyn
Bling Bling Marilyn
Girls Best Friend Is A Diamond Ring
Bling Bling Marilyn
She Digs For Gold
Bling Bling Marilyn
Makes Me Cry, Shes A Deadly Sin
Bling Bling Marilyn
Her Heart Is Sold
This ironic song about rock star luxury and jet-set lifestyle will definitely make you smile.
5. Champagne On Mars
Did you ever thought about whether there is Champagne On Mars? John Diva and his Rockets of Love seem to be quite sure about it – at least, they wrote this song. Again, it is a track made to be performed live on stage. Another one which is great for a rock party.
6. Weekend For A Lifetime
The lifestyle as described by the band definitely does not feel too bad: first we had the jet-set luxury at Bling Bling Marilyn, then some Champagne on Mars followed by Weekend for a Lifetime. Sounds good, doesn’t it? Even though the Lamborghini ran out of gas, as they stated in lyrics.
7. Karmageddon
While the previous tracks were rather party tracks and great sing-a-longs for the stage, Karmageddon almost feels like a ballad at its beginning. But don’t be too worried – the song is almost five minutes long and finishes with a powerful guitar solo.
8. Wasted (In Babylon)
We gonna have a good time – we’re having a party – that’s how Wasted (In Babylon) is starting. John Diva will not write songs about complex social-economic topics. They are the headbangers, the funmakers. The rhythm needs to be quick, the guitars loud and the melodies catchy. Ideally, there are some lyrics you can even shout after a couple of beer. Wasted (In Babylon) checkboxes all that.
9. Movin’ Back To Paradise
Is my Spotify player doing wrong? There are acoustic guitars. They almost spread a touch of folk and country. But finally, there is the chorus, which is just made to move… It’s just a bit slower than in (most) other songs of the album. Nice.
10. Drip Drip Baby
After Bling Bling Marilyn, another pre-released single of the American Amadeus album is Drip Drip Baby. If you do good party hard rock, you can name your songs like that, can’t you?
Drip Drip Baby, Let Me Drown In Your Honey
Drip Drip Sugar, Take The Trip Of Love
Drip Drip Baby, Can You Shake Off My Trouble?
Spoonful Of Your Spicy Dip, Baby Baby Drip
No more comment. I am sure that you feel I am still smiling while I write that.
11. This Is Rock ‘N’ Roll
This Is Rock’n’Roll is an amazing hard rock anthem. One of the best songs of the whole album to me.
12. 2 Hearts
At 2 Hearts, John Diva proof that hard rockers are simply the best ones in romantic music: a slow power ballad, which is pouring more sugar on the listener than Def Leppard could have ever imagined. Kitsch alert!
13. Star Of Rock (Bonus Track)
Star Of Rock is the first of three bonus tracks. A song, which is majorly rather slow, but uses some contrasts. Might be rather one for the pee break at the next John Diva concert – but beware: you will be still moving to the rhythm of this song.
14. Blonde Black Red Brunette (Bonus Track)
The girls are part of the bonus tracks as well. To me, this is one of the best songs of the album – another party smasher. Love it!
15. American Amadeus (Orchestral Bonus Track)
American Amadeus simply deserves an Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart alike version – and this is how John Diva & The Rocks of Love close their album. An instrumental orchestral version of the title track. A touch of Vienna at the end.
John Diva & The Rockets of Love – American Amadeus – Spotify
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John Diva & The Rockets of Love – American Amadeus – My View
Critics may say the lyrics are a bit too thin, having too many stereotypes. Maybe even the songs are (apart from few exceptions) following similar concepts. Others may argue that were are in the 2020’s and the era of 1980’s hard rock is over for a reason. All these thoughts might be right – but I don’t care a f*ck about it. American Amadeus is made to party – during the lockdowns everywhere in our kitchens and living rooms and soon again on stage, in the arenas, in Wacken and everywhere where rock is. It is a concept – and these guys do it in an amazing way. To me, it was an easy choice to go for the Top Pick! award here.
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Happy Birthday, Michael Schenker - some three weeks after the German rock legend turned 65 years, he is back with ...
Even though Tragedian is a Hamburg-based project, their members come from quite some parts of Europe. I got to have ...
There is not just Lordi and their Hard Rock Hallelujah - also some other bands who love the harder guitar sounds made ...
After they got quite some good critics for their debut album, the German metal / hardcore band Bashdown starts 2021 ...
I love A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Though I am especially favoring the Muppets movie version, I was absolutely fond ...
Sodom is one of the finest names for Thrash Metal made in Germany. The band is already having a 38 ...
When AC/DC updated their social media accounts with the Power Up album logo marketing, this felt like small hard rock sensation ...
Australian weekend on Flyctory.com: after I already reviewed the albums by Kylie Minogue and Caitlyn Shadbolt, the third release from ...
If you are thinking about moving to Finland, but feel afraid of the (indeed strange) language - maybe it is ...
Iceland - one of the most painful experiences this year for me. I already had booked a trip to the ...
Paradise in Flames are a Death Metal / Black Metal band from Brazil. Even though they already exist since 2002, ...
Even despite their first two albums had rather average success, The Struts gained a lot of reputation in Great Britain ...
Benediction are quite a big name in the Death Metal scene. The British, however, haven't released any album since twelve ...
The Flyctory.com week before 16th October 2020 will be quite packed with rock and metal albums. There will be two ...
When a Rock'n'Rock Hall of Famer (which he was inducted to in 2014 as original KISS member) is releasing a ...
Four girls and hard rock? Thundermother is definitely a cool bunch of ladies. On 31st July 2020, they released the ...
When I read about the collaboration, I knew I just had to do a review of this project: one of ...
Beyond The Black got some additional focus in Germany when their lead singer Jennifer Haben joined the popular TV format Sing ...
Three years after their previous album, Asking Alexandria released another studio album, Like A House on Fire, on 15th May 2020. The ...
From time to time, Flyctory.com needs to care about the dark tunes in music as well. The British Gothic Metal ...
60 years of Axel Rudi Pell - one of the big names in the German metal scene is celebrating this ...
Nightwish are somehow the undisputed kings of Finnish metal (even though I personally prefer Lordi). Being in the business since the ...
It is really tough to select the right achievement to describe Joe Satriani's career in one fact. Over ten million ...
The Swiss band Gotthard is something like their nation's national monument in the Hard Rock genre. They publish music since the ...
Time for some discussions in the German music scene - the Böhse Onkelz released their 17th studio album on 28th ...
Likely, being an Ordinary Man is one of the attributes you would least assign to Ozzy Ozbourne spontaneously. Nevertheless, the former Black Sabbath ...
I happened to run into the front lady of the Seven Spires, Adrienne Cowan, when Tobias Sammet chose her as ...
Sepuiltura are true Heavy Metal legends - with Quadra, the Brazilians already released their 15th studio album, 24 years after their ...
What does a musician give himself best as a birthday present? Richie Kotzen went for a new album on 3rd ...
Athens, Greece, 20th May 2006 - a day that did not only change my life, but the life of a ...
24th January 2020 felt to be the "Metal Heroes do solo album" day of the year. Shortly after I had ...
The majority of the music community likely knows Marko Hietala as the bassist of Nightwish. In 2019, he released his debut ...
Due to my contacts to the Greek metal scene, which really seems to have a lot of musical talents, I ...
Due to my contact to a Greek metal music promotion agency, I ran into another Greek metal album. The band ...
Project Renegade are the first Greek act I am reviewing on Flyctory.com. The metal quartet present their debut album Order Of ...
There is not just Vivaldi and Pavarotti - Italy also has quite a strong Metal scene. One of the key ...
If you record songs like Death to All But Metal or Bukkake Tears and you do it good, you may make it big ...
I saw the Black Star Rides some years ago as a support act of Def Leppard and Whitesnake on their ...
Tarja Turunen - the Finnish Opera and metal voice became a legend with Nightwish. After the split from her band ...
Sometimes, Flyctory.com is covering quite a range of topics within one day: while I started the day with the review ...
Avantasia, one of the most successful German music projects, released their seventh album (eighth, if you count in a live ...
Doro Pesch is back - before she will tour in late 2018/early 2019, she just released a double album: while ...
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Long distances, a lot of traffic and some very pricey hotel options - I am not the biggest fans of ...
The first one of my Best of postings at the end of the year is always reserved for looking back to my ...
Ladies and gentlemen (and all the others of course as well), we got it: here is my first Songs of the ...
Gwen Stefani has become famous as a member and lead singer of the ska-punk band No Doubt (who reunited this ...
No Hill For A Climber - the new Neal Morse album is a based on the Purlitzer Prize-winning novel Demon Copperhead by ...
Halloween in North America and a public holiday in the rather catholic parts of Europe - the music industry has ...
The Offspring fans are excited about 11th October 2024. Three years after the 2021 release Let the Bad Times Roll, ...
What a week - I returned from my tennis coverage in Newport, now I am at the Olympic Games in ...
I am loaded with tennis work this week. The time in Newport, Rhode Island, featuring Indian tennis and the induction ...
The same procedure as every year. The day when the NHL is releasing their match schedule for the upcoming season ...
I feature athletics events three weeks in a row before I head to Newport in Rhode Island for tennis coverage ...
The US-American rock band The Mercury Riots has released their debut album In Solstice on 21st June 2024. I had the ...
I have to give in - as a music blogger, I should have known Lindsey Stirling way before 17th May ...
Publishing my Songs of the Week right between two Rock of Ages tour legs would suggest that the song is full of energetic ...
Returning from the World Floorball Championships in Finland, heading directly to a business trip to Paris - this week was ...
Snow in April! After I had some snowfall after the Swiss Floorball Superfinals (my coverage of the women's match / ...
After I already shared the album Modern Life with you in 2022, 5rh April 2024 features a new release by ...
February 2024 is quite an intense month for me. Even though the trips I have planned and done are comparably ...
Coming back from the United Arab Emirates and about to head to Malaysia soon - thus, some really interesting experiences ...
For the eleven day travel around San Diego, Palm Springs and Las Vegas, starting in Los Angeles, my wife and ...
This time, my Songs Of The Week consist of 14 new releases as of this week. The Christmas break is definitely ...
It's time to look back to . After I shared my new format My Year in Travel with you the first time, ...
Unfortunately, I had to kick out quite a lot of songs from my list, which I really liked. They just ...
There is somehow always some sort of "topic" behind each and every Songs of the Week episode. If I would pick one ...
Despite they are looking back to a quarter of a century of band history, Thirty Seconds To Mars are just ...
This weekend, I have been traveling through England, doing some musical-chasing. As mixed as the stuff I have been doing ...
You might not know the the rock / hard rock project Mammoth WVH yet. However, once you know that WVH ...
Lukas Nelson and his band Promise of the Real (or short: POTR) are back. The famous son of Willie Nelson ...
Last week, the NHL released their schedule for the 2023-24 season. This typically means a bunch of work to me, ...
Motorbikes and good music - I am having a really good time in Pfullendorf at the Lake Constance region in ...
One of the most memorable moments of 2023 so far to me has been being at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto ...
Due to my recent illness, I have to reduce my travel activity in June significantly. Nonetheless, there will be ten Rock ...
Circle in the Sand or Heaven is a Place on Earth - Belinda Carlisle wrote songs, which have closely accompanied in my younger ...
As I am having some quite intense travels ahead of me, I currently try to prepare as much contents for ...
After some rather intense traveling, I am glad that there is just a short trip this week. I concentrated on ...
Founded in 2006, the Dirty Heads are really a constant part of the US music scene. They just have released ...
I am always impressed where the Songs of the Week each weekend finally end of. This time, for example, i have been ...
The press kit to their new album Outsider calls Night Demon an "institution". At least the Californian heavy metal band grew a ...
Sometimes, it is easy to select the leading track of my Songs of the Week: I had two hot candidates, but ...
Suicide Silence are definitely one of the most successful deathcore bands in the world. The quintet of the Californian band ...
After my most recent edition of my Songs of the Week majorly featured German artists and a lot of pop, my song ...
Their last album was simply called Heavy Metal Rules - now Steel Panther is back with a new album. On 24th February ...
Damn, it is already four years... And it is more than 2,750 postings since then. On 25th February 2018, I ...
In one of my latest Songs Of My Life editions, I introduced you to Amish Paradise by Weird Al Yankovic. Just ...
I was quite amazed that there were quite a lot of interesting single releases this week. At least artists from ...
Quite a lot of interesting music on Flyctory.com in November: after the Alexander Ludwig and Nik Wallner show in Cologne, ...
Last week, have been traveling through Florida. Four cities, five concerts, one artist: Weird Al Yankovic. The US-American comedy musician ...
Scanning for albums which have been released on 16th September 2022, I ran into the album She Said by the US-American rock ...
This week, my Songs of the Week features a wide range of sounds. Quite a focus on Austrian and German artists ...
I guess it is hard to argue against when somebody calls Megadeth a legendary heavy metal band. The US-American act ...
Being active since the 1970's, a six time Grammy Award winner and inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame - ...
Sara and Sean Watkins are leading the collaborative Watkins Family Hour. The Californian bluegrass and folk project is active since ...
Weird times: my list of candidates for my Songs of the Week this time was much longer, but a lot of ...
Typically, I first collect tracks for my Songs Of The Week and, once the set is complete, pick my favorite and ...
Misadventures Of Doomscroller is already the eighth album by the band Dawes. As their last six album all made it to ...
Every year, some time in June or July, I am spending hours and hours looking into flight schedules, checking out ...
Whenever I start working for my Songs of the Week, I typically scan the candidates I archived for that reason and ...
Wow... This edition of my Songs of the Week was a huge bit of work. I simply had so many candidates for ...
I was quite amazed that not only Christmas, but also Easter feels to have an impact on the volume of ...
My trip through the United States following the Pittsburgh Penguins in eleven days was definitely the highlight of my week ...
Lo Moon, the second: the indie-rock band released their sophomore album A Modern Life on 25th February 2022. I received ...
A new week, a new edition of the Songs Of The Week. This time, I ran into a lot of rocking ...
Time for the hard guitar sounds: Once Human is releasing their third album Scar Weaver on 11th Feburary 2022. Five years after ...
The last two editions of the Songs Of The Week had a really nice load of positive feedback. Thus, I am really ...
After I have already been struggling with the idea of the Songs of the Week, the feedback on my previous edition ...
I am still evaluating whether the Songs Of The Week are an interesting format for you. While the first postings got ...
If a promotion agency sends you a new album by a five time Grammy award winner, you know that this ...
The week of Christmas is typically one of the weeks of the year with the lowest amount of new music ...
Alcatrazz had a couple of break-ups and hiatuses during their song history. Since their founding in 1983, they were active ...
Play Loud is the third album of a Californian band, which is simply naming themselves The Record Company. Thereby, the ...
Lori Rayne, Stephanie Ryann and now Presley Aronson - after I had quite a break from my Flyctory.com Spotlight interviews, ...
The Bronx - sounds like a New York City band? In fact, this is an US act, but the punk ...
A new album from All Good Things after some four years of absence in the record store with a very ...
Some music from California: Grizfolk in fact has Scandinavian roots, but are now based on the US West Coast. On ...
Honestly, when I received the 2021 album Native Sons of a band called Los Lobos, I thought about a funny ...
During the last weeks, I also tried to touch some new genres on Flyctory.com. This week, I present you Molly ...
I am tempted to say that Ruthless is just the tenth studio album by Gary Allan. The legendary country music ...
After I recently reviewed Joe Bonamassa's live album Now Serving: Royal Tea From The Ryman, reflecting a 2020 live stream event, ...
Cool hard rock with Californian roots: via promotion agencies, I ran into Hellbound by the band Buckcherry. The band is ...
Many of you may remember Maroon 5 from their big hits at the beginning of their career. Others might even ...
Ticket to L.A. was one of the first albums I reviewed on Flyctory.com. Some three years later, Brett Young is back ...
Hard to imagine for US people, I guess, but I had to wait more than 41 years of my life ...
A new release on 14th May 2021 - the California project Levara debut with their self-titled album. I got in ...
A museum with an amazing collection of luxury and top-class racing cars, driven for the cause of charity. This is ...
The US rockers Weezer praise van Halen - or something like that: their latest studio album is dedicated by design ...
Without a doubt, The Offspring are one of the most famous US punk rock bands. The last album release from ...
The EP Storm in Summer by Skullcrusher to me was one of these records you receive over promotion platforms you ...
In February 2020, I visited a lovely aviation museum in Santa Ana, Greater Los Angeles: the Lyon Air Museum is ...
The match between my Pittsburgh Penguins and the Los Angeles Kings was the first one on my West Coast hockey ...
When I came back from my West Coast Tour with the Pittsburgh Penguins in early 2020, I hoped that the ...
In my Songs Of My Life section, I try to introduce you with very different songs, which influenced me during my ...
On the fifth day of my Pittsburgh Penguins West Coast trip in February 2020, I had my first flight from ...
The Dead Daisies are a very interesting band, which has been founded in the Southern Hemisphere in Australia and New ...
After praising my favorite songs of 2020 and the favorite albums and EPs in 2020, the final posting to do ...
Weird Al Yankovic is not only one of my most favorite artists, who I follow for some twenty years now ...
In my first episode of the Songs of My Life, I talked about Hymn by Ultravox, which became a Song of My ...
If Everything Happens For A Reason.... Then Nothing Really Matters At All - this is definitely the longest album title ...
If you are tired of seeing all the stars at the Walk of Fame in Hollywood (which I do quite ...
Rock'n'Roll is dead? Not at all if you ask the fans of The Boxmasters. The California band does the good ...
All five albums of the 2010's of the US folk rock band Dawes made it to the US overall album ...
Right before I watched the match of my Pittsburgh Penguins at Staples Center vs. the Los Angeles Kings, I strolled ...
One of the most classic attractions on the Hollywood Boulevard is the Hollywood Wax Museum, which has already opened its ...
In my Spotlight category, I am dealing with another interesting artist. Sandra North is originally from Trosa South of Stockholm ...
It's quite a while since I published my latest Spotlight interview episode with Carolyn Miller in mid-June 2020. The more ...
What are you doing if you are in Los Angeles and want to meet some stars? You could head to ...
Haim is a band which became popular in the early 2010 years. Already with their first publications, the three Californian ...
During my 2020 tour following the Pittsburgh Penguins on their West Coast away matches, the only hotel I had multiple ...
Lucy LaForge is the head and lead singer behind Lucy & La Mer. Based in Los Angeles, the singer / ...
For the transatlantic flights of my February 2020 trip to California supporting the Pittsburgh Penguins, I had a personal Star ...
Already being nominated for the Academy Awards at the age does not sound to be an introduction for a musical ...
Though they really seem to put in quite some effort to improve the situation, I am not too much a ...
The Californian In-N-Out Burger chain is generally quite well known under West Coast tourists. Aviation nerds especially praise the restaurant ...
Not just in regards of the third day of my time in California, but also for the whole trip following ...
Four ice hockey matches, Rock of Ages #32 in Hollywood, two new airlines and many more impressions - this trip ...
Let's play hockey - again! The fourth day of my trip through California (with a detour to Nevada) had the ...
No hockey on Day 3 of my California trip 2020 - the day after the first match of the Pittsburgh ...
Waking up in Anaheim, cheering fpr the Penguins in Staples center - that was roughly the plan for Day 2 ...
Day 1 of my trip to the Penguins. The travel days to the US are typically not too thrilling. Leaving ...